Microsoft hit with 280m euro fine — Microsoft has been fined 280.5m euros ($357m; £194m) by the European Commission for failing to comply with an anti-competition ruling. — The software giant will appeal against the fine which follows a long-running dispute between it and EU regulators.

Yahoo! cries foul as MySpace pulls top ranking — The MySpace website deemed a virtual clubhouse where teenagers bare details of their lives has eclipsed internet oldster Yahoo! as the most popular website in the United States, a research firm said on Tuesday.

Park the Beamer by Bot — Driving your car into a cramped parking space can be a harrowing experience, but BMW says it has developed a robotic parking system to solve the problem. — The luxury carmaker's parking-assist technology will park your car for you as you stand outside and watch …

Elhood Gets Funding for Hispanic MySpace Clone — More niche social networking: Elhood, which launched officially on June 26th, is a Hispanic social network. Today it emerged that the site has taken a second round of funding led by Jose "Pepe" Barroso", head of Pep's Records (a joint venture with SonyBMG Spain).

Is Intel killing PC gaming? — I'm just heading back to London after a quick visit to the Develop in Brighton conference, where some of the gaming industry's biggest developers are banging their heads together. — I was there to hear Mark Rein of Epic (they make games like Unreal Tournament) …

The Great Divide — The two sides — adware provider and security researcher — couldn't be farther apart, and Zango's Stratz made it sound as if that would always be the case. — "We know where Boyd and others like him stand, and they know where we stand," Stratz said. — Ouch!

Xbox putting 1980s arcade games online — Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 may exemplify the high-tech future of video game consoles, but the company is hoping some of its avid players still pine for the good old days of "Pac-Man" and "Frogger." — Microsoft plans today to offer …

Mashup Camp brainstorms — Mashup Camp opened this morning, with dozens of mashers, both developers and vendors with APIs, stepping up to propose sessions on everything from mobile mashups and creating mashups for corporate use to API pricing models and voice-enabling mashups.

Rather eyeing online gig — AOL might have a new message for the Internet: You've got Dan. — The Time Warner-owned Internet company is in negotiations with representatives for veteran CBS anchor Dan Rather to play a role in original programming for its online video offerings, sources said.

This Is a Computer on Your Brain — A new brain-computer-interface technology could turn our brains into automatic image-identifying machines that operate faster than human consciousness. — Researchers at Columbia University are combining the processing power of the human brain …

MySpace may face legislative crackdown — Politicians on Tuesday accused MySpace.com and other social-networking sites of failing to protect minors from sexual predators and other malign influences and said a legislative crackdown may be necessary. — During a hearing before a House …